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NAME: Yael Cohen

ROLE: Chief Cancer Fucker, CEO

Don’t let her size fool you, this small-but-mighty South African wakes up at the crack of dawn to wrestle in the gym with a pack of MMA fighters. Yael’s passion and humour is incredibly infectious. She’s the office firefly, always buzzing with ideas and inspiration, and definitely enjoys leading the office in a good old fashioned dance party.
NAME: Nick Molnar

ROLE: Director of Technical Awsomeness, CTO

The Co Founder of Wantering has crazy curls and an infectious laugh. In house tech guru who makes sure we don’t do stupid shit. The superpower he would most like to possess in life is: “Lasers shooting out of my freaking eyes!”
NAME: Bernadette Leno

ROLE: Our Rock, Administrator

Camera addict with a fondness for cult classics. Has many a mother’s day card from her cat, Boots. Her weirdest phobia is, “Being sucked in by an industrial fan…don’t ask.”
NAME: Amanda Motion

ROLE: Social Strategist

Our know-it-all social (media) butterfly brightens the office with her infectious laugh, great scarf collection and pop culture references. She’s completely obsessed with, “Australian Strawberry soft chew licorice. What?!, it’s organic!”
NAME: Erica Shalinsky

ROLE: Communications

A resourceful, creative force to be reckoned with who drinks green juice like water. When she’s not running, she’s probably rocking out to Amy Whinehouse in downward facing dog.
NAME: Sophia Bush

Accomplished actress known globally as a passionate activist who’s inspiring her Little Voices to change the world with her.
NAME: Diane Cohen

Supermom who inspired the creation of Fuck Cancer.
NAME: Keith Greene

ROLE: Programmer, SEO Wizard

Our Web Dev master mind. With Keith on our side Fuck Cancer will take over the whole entire world! (insert maniacal laugh here) Seriously though, the guys not a developer. He’s an artist, and is completely obsessed with “Reinventing the wheel.”
NAME: Shervin Pishevar

Extremely talented and accomplished entrepreneur, founder, and angel investor who has an extensive track record for technology innovation.
NAME: Sam Walker

Radiant photo-phile whose work and passion have taken her around the world to capture beauty, hope and triumphant spirit even in the most unlikely circumstances.
NAME: Bianca Bartz

ROLE: Communications

Copy writing, social media loving yogini. She is a writer, consultant and strategizer. Her spirit animal is, “The fox!”
NAME: Elaine Hung

ROLE: Communications

Our kind and compassionate marketing whiz is a noted foodie. She has been a long standing cheerleader for the movement. Her weirdest phobia is, “Getting lost on a freeway and never getting back to Vancouver”
NAME: Heather McKenzie-Beck

ROLE: Communications

High heeled, LARPing loving writer with a masters in communications who helped build Fuck Cancer into what it is today. Co Founder of the “Fuck Cancer Dance Party”.
NAME: Thomas Mcleod

ROLE: Technical

Friendliest man on earth! enjoys classic film, building computers, and basketball. He mixes a mean soundtrack and is a secret audio engineer.
NAME: Jenn Lowther

ROLE: Communications

Social media maven @IndabaDigital who’s always willing to lend her mind to the cause. Jenn is never without her Ninja dog, Kaiya. In high school she was a, “Band Geek.”
NAME: Brittany Markle

ROLE: Communications

Founder of Design Spectacle, her passion for design is rivaled only by her passion for puns. Apart from work she loves french fries, painting, fashion, Vancouver, and camping because it’s in tents. (Did you catch the pun?)
NAME: Melissa Orozco

ROLE: Communications

Fast paced, kick ass professional story teller. Smart, quick and lovely. Melissa blends West coast charm with East coast work ethic. If she had a superpower it would be, “To wake up with perfect hair.”
NAME: Doug Akin

ROLE: Awesomeness

Fast talking charmer who is credited with helping turn Mr Youth into a sought-after marketing agency that was named 2009 Social Media Agency of the Year by Mashable.
NAME: Dr. Lukasz Gottwald

ROLE: Awesomeness

Incredibly talented songwriter, record producer, and remixer. Billboard Magazine’s Number One Hot 100 Songwriter and Number One Producer of the Year.
NAME: Matt Mazzeo

ROLE: Awesomeness

Energetic and magnetic executive in Business Development at Creative Artists Agency (CAA). He’s also a competitive board gamer.
NAME: David Cohen

ROLE: Business

An integral part of the creation and business of FC. David, or dad as Yael calls him, has been a remarkable mentor and supporter. Everyone thinks their dad is Superman, David really is.
NAME: Michael Slaby

ROLE: Business

Working on technology, politics, and saving the world in various combinations — currently Chief Innovation and Integration Officer at Obama for America
NAME: Sean Tyson

ROLE: Business

Digital strategist @Invoke by day, National Lacrosse long poler by weekend, and spandex clad glitter wearing drummer for @tplgtp by night. He’s completely obsessed with, “Reading the Economist.”
NAME: Ryan Holmes

ROLE: Technical

Founder and CEO of Invoke Media and Hootsuite, who enjoys cycling, yoga and anything that ‘Hoots’.
NAME: Dr. Joel Aronowitzi

ROLE: Medical

A prominent Plastic Surgeon. Amongst his many roles he served as the Chief of Plastic Surgery at Cedar-Sinai for 10 years. He is a pioneer, revolutionizing breast cancer surgery with breast preservation techniques and stem cell therapies.
NAME: Dr. Michael McLaughlin

ROLE: Medical

Respected Dr with a passion for the outdoors who practices oncology and internal medicine in Denver,Colorado.
NAME: Dr. Krupali Tejura

ROLE: Medical

Radiation oncologist known for her compassion and patient advocacy. 1 of Mashables “11 top Professionals to Follow on Twitter”
NAME: Doug Davis

ROLE: Legal

Doug Davis is the founder and owner of The Davis Firm, PLLC, one of the most prominent and fastest growing music, entertainment and sports law firms in the country. The Davis Firm focuses primarily on the music industry’s most successful artists, record producers, songwriters, executives, as well as television production companies, video game companies, clothing/brand companies, actors and some of newest trend making painters. In 2009, Mr. Davis fulfilled a lifetime dream and became a licensed NBA player agent and is now successfully representing new, star and veteran players. Known in the entertainment business as one of the pre-eminent dealmakers and networkers, Mr. Davis is also the executive producer of the legendary annual Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala. Mr. Davis has been featured in stories in and for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and ESPN The Magazine, amongst others, and in 2012 The Hollywood Reporter called Mr. Davis’s Twitter (@DJD) one of the “Top 5 Music Power” accounts. Mr. Davis received a J.D. from Fordham Law School and a B.A. from the prestigious Maxwell School at Syracuse University. Passionately committed to giving back, Mr. Davis sits on boards of the Music For Youth Foundation, the Forum on Law, Culture & Society, the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University and Fuck Cancer. Mr. Davis has been a featured speaker at events for ASCAP, Brooklyn Law School, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, the Copyright Society of the USA (CSUSA) and Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. Mr. Davis serves the Executive Committee of the City Of Hope National Medical Center, on the Entertainment Committee for annual MMRF Gala and has chaired fundraising events for the UJA of New York. He also has a great sense of humor.
NAME: Kris Carr

ROLE: Wellness

Wellness Warrior, who changed her own life, and millions of others, when she embarked on a Global Wellness Revolution after being diagnosed with incurable cancer in 2004.
NAME: Meghan Currie

ROLE: Wellness

Meghan is the perfect guide into the enormous world of yoga. This peaceful warrior fuels her students with her joyful spirit. Capable of making the most difficult concepts understood, she uses her candid sense of humor to invite even the most nervous to the mat. This handstand lover has shared her yogic knowledge from Vancouver to Ibiza.
NAME: Eden McDonald

ROLE: Wellness

Founder of Feed Life Starve Cancer, Eden is a nutritionist, healthy eating specialist and educator. Beyond being a genius in the art of fucking cancer, this girl is a magician with her vitamix and loves a good run along the Pacific.
NAME: Mikaela Reuben

ROLE: Wellness

Born and raised in British Columbia, Mikaela emanates the true spirit of the West Coast. This incredible nutritionist adores food and spends her time creating artful & healthy recipes. Mikaela believes that prevention of disease, through food, is the most powerful option we have.